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TITLE:
' HEARTBREAK'/'ANANDA'
NEW SINGLE OUT: 13 SEPTEMBER 2004
FORMAT: 12"
CAT NUMBER: 12NOMU137
When
three electronic music titans get in the ring it could always
go a bit 'too many cooks…' however Adam Beyer, Jesper
Dahlback (aka Lenk) and the golden voice of Tiga combine explosively
for the first time together here on the soon-to-be- massive,
double-header 'Heartbreak'/'Ananda'.
Stockholm's
Beyer and Dahlback go back over 10 years when they met on
a train in '93 going to the Berlin Love Parade and within
a year had set up a studio together. Now a decade on Adam
Beyer is one of the most respected techno DJs and producers
on the planet and has released a ton of classic material on
his Drumcode, Code Red and Truesoul imprints. Alongside Stockholm's
Cari Lekebusch and Jesper Dahlback he has become synonymous
with the techno sound of Sweden, which has quite literally
shaken the world since the mid-nineties. Dahlback was actually
involved in the now seminal Drumcode #1 and after various
releases as DJ Lenk graduated through the classic deep house
cuts he has since released on Sweden's Svek under his 'The
Persuader' and various other guises. He has since gone on
to release untold 12s such as the recently massive 'DK8',
three albums, numerous mixes and productions for Turbo Recordings
- run by Montreal's Tiga…
Ah
yes. The trans-Atlantic superhighway joins these two new emerging
electronic empires like the Detroit-Berlin axis. If you've
been even only half awake in the last 5 years then Tiga should
need little introduction. From running clubs and promotions
in his native Montreal from the early 90s (establishing both
Solstice - Montreal's first major dance music event and the
Sona nightclub - where Adam Beyer first played with Tiga back
in '97) it was the advent of his Turbo Recordings label in
'98 alongside Matt Dillon that has catapulted him to DJ superstardom.
Having topped the charts with Jori Hulkkonen as Tiga and Zyntherius
with the classic 'Sunglasses At Night' (Gigolo/City Rockers)
and the more recent club smash 'Pleasure From The Bass' (PIAS/Turbo),
incidentally produced by one Jesper Dahlback, his vocal delivery
has become as renowned as his electric techno/house/electro
roof raising DJ sets. Little wonder DJ Hell has been hailing
him as dance music's new wunderkind.
"I
was in Stockholm working on my album with Jesper", recalls
Tiga of the hook up. "We had all spent hours talking
politics and alternative theories of developing civilization;
that's when I got all romantic and bored and angry and decided
to sing. It was like being at an industrial-campfire. Adam
and Jesper spun their magick, pressed buttons, worked on computers
and voila....probably the best record of the past 10 years!"
Although Beyer had first recorded the 'Heartbreak' vocals
with Henrik B it was whilst working with Jesper that they
decided they fitted better here. Add Montreal's finest to
the mixture and you have one of the best dance tracks of the
year. Fast, frenetic, swirling and rolling this is one record
sure to explode over clubland this summer. 'H.E.A.R.T.B.R...E.A.K.E.R.'
The
vocals for 'Ananda' came up in a conversation between the
trio and Chris Liebing (who was also in Stockholm at the time
to see Kraftwerk). "We were talking about possible future
technology and the development of the internet," says
Beyer. "Tiga obviously thought that was really funny
and was taking the piss on the mic between takes when recording
the Heartbreak vocals. We pasted it on to the track and felt
it gave it a bit more character."
Techno
with character? Look no further.
Adam
Beyer DJ dates
26-Jul Cocoon, Amnesia Ibiza Spain
30-Jul Nature One Germany
31-Jul Global Gathering Stratford UK
07-Aug Millesime Festival Bourdeaux France
07-Aug Dance Valley Holland
14-Aug Vulkana Beach Festival Croatia
15-Aug Macedonia
21-Aug Liberty One Germany
26-Aug Monday Bar Cruise Stockholm Sweden
28-Aug Fuse Brussels Belgium
03-Sep Traffic Adelaide Australia
04-Sep Transatalntic 5 @ QBH Melbourne Australia
10-Sep Astrofunk @ Space Sydney Australia
11-Sep Digital @ Metro Perth Australia
17-Sep Tor 3 Dusseldorf Germany
18-Sep Belgrade Serbia
24-Sep Cocoon Club Frankfurt Germany
25-Sep U-Matic Athens Greece
Tiga
DJ dates
6-Aug Astigmatic Electronic Festival Plock Poland
7-Aug The Mascotte Zurich Switzerland
8-Aug Benicassim Festival Benicassim Spain
19-Aug Pukkelpop Festival Hassalt Belgium
22-Aug Lowlands Festival Lowlands Holland
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